family office investments

Campden Wealth’s European Family Office Conference turns 20 this year, and will once again bring together more than 150 leaders, next-gens, and top executives from family offices.

Campden Wealth’s European Family Office Conference turns 20 this year, and will once again bring together more than 150 leaders, next-gens, and top executives from family offices.

Held at The Royal Society in London, the theme of this year’s conference is “Progression of the Family Office” focusing on how the family enterprise is evolving and adapting for a multi-generational future.

Wealth managers are increasingly engaged in a growing art market. However, as a market driven by personal tastes, with imperfect information, dealing and regulatory infrastructure, art poses unique challenges as an investment.

Wealth managers are increasingly engaged in a growing art market. However, as a market driven by personal tastes, with imperfect information, dealing and regulatory infrastructure, art poses unique challenges as an investment.

Lowrie Robertson, a paralegal in the Art Law Group at Slaughter and May, says in a developing regulatory context, an integrated team incorporating legal expertise can help wealth managers realise value for their clients.

The countdown is on until the release of the world’s most comprehensive piece of family office research.

The countdown is on until the release of the world’s most comprehensive piece of family office research.

On 12 September Campden Wealth, in partnership with UBS, will launch the Global Family Office Report 2017 (GFO)—a study of 262 family offices from across the globe with an average $921 million assets under management.

Campden Wealth chief executive Dominic Samuelson said he was looking forward to the launch of the fourth edition of the GFO.

Dermot Campbell, chief executive of Kuber Ventures, a tax efficient investments platform, asks what next for UK family offices after the British General Election resulted in a hung parliament.

Dermot Campbell, chief executive of Kuber Ventures, a tax efficient investments platform, asks what next for UK family offices after the British General Election resulted in a hung parliament.

The 2017 UK General Election concluded with the government stuck in a period of extreme legislative impasse which may stall Treasury moves to change the UK’s tax efficient investments regime, a sector which has been growing in importance to family office investors.

Almost 2000 international investors and collectors bid at the record-breaking £32.9 million ($41.1 million) sale of David Bowie’s personal art collection.

Almost 2000 international investors and collectors bid at the record-breaking £32.9 million ($41.1 million) sale of David Bowie’s personal art collection.

More than 1750 bidders packed the three sessions for Bowie/Collector which lasted more than a dozen hours at Sotheby’s in London on 10-11 November. The auctions also attracted more than 1000 bidders and more than 26,500 viewers online.

Three quarters of single family offices report that their direct investments are outperforming their other holdings, with a further 70% stating that their private equity fund investments are outperforming.

Three quarters of single family offices report that their direct investments are outperforming their other holdings, with a further 70% stating that their private equity fund investments are outperforming.

The research, by online private equity platform iCapital Network, found 62% of single family offices invest in private equity, with 70% allocated between 10 to 20% of their portfolio. A small group (8%) allocated more than 50% to private investments.

With vast numbers of baby boomers now on the cusp of retirement, the aged and elderly are set to take up a greater slice of the demographic pie. CampdenFO looks at how family offices can tap into this so-called “silver economy”

One of the most enduring family office myths is that no one office is alike. The industry’s most common phrase, ‘once you’ve seen one family office, you’ve seen one family office’, speaks to their distinct nature. Yet the UBS and Campden Wealth Global Family Office Report 2014 cast doubt on this conventionally held wisdom.

One of the most enduring family office myths is that no one office is alike. The industry’s most common phrase, ‘once you’ve seen one family office, you’ve seen one family office’, speaks to their distinct nature. Yet the UBS and Campden Wealth Global Family Office Report 2014 cast doubt on this conventionally held wisdom, finding that family offices have more in common than originally thought.